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For some reason, it makes me think of jobs where, given the same inputs, you perform the task the same way each time, but somehow manage to not recall any of what you've done...

If you memoize, you can do it faster the next time.

This has huge potential! I really like the idea of an niche programming jobs site. I've been jealous for some time now of the design community which seems to have many such job boards. I was also stoked to see Q and J make it into the title. I've been learning q/kdb over the past month and keep asking myself "what am I going to do with this?" (other than personal projects of course).

> I've been learning q/kdb over the past month and keep asking myself "what am I going to do with this?"

Q/KDB+ programmers are constantly in demand, and the jobs are some of the highest paying jobs out there. Random headhunters harass me to this day about Q jobs. If this is what you want to do go on LinkedIn and join some KDB groups/contact a recruiter. They will place you. Recruiters make it a very easy process. Be prepared to relocate to New York/Chicago/London.

It's a small market, admittedly, so I wouldn't recommend everyone to go out and learn Q. The shops that do use Q can't find enough programmers because the barriers to entry are high, and so they tend to pay a lot of money for the ones they do get.

I've been learning it mainly because I really like APL but realize those jobs are even more scarce. Thanks for the advice about linked in etc.

Have you found any interesting personal projects to use Q/Kdb for? I've been trying to learn it for years but haven't found anything to use it for that really makes me want to learn.

I am currently working on something which is roughly a "knowledge/document/media relation" database based upon treating Michel Foucaults "Archeology of Knowledge" as a specification for software. If it's workable and interesting I will get a domain for it and show it off, if not it's a good project to learn on.

That's probably the coolest coding project I've heard about in years. Please do share.

Thanks for the positive feedback! I'm really interested in giving all functional programming languages as much exposure as I can.

I realize it's a bit off topic, but could you give a quick run-down on your experience with Q and J -- and particularly your perception on the potential job market?

As I mentioned above I am mainly interested in it from the perspective of a polygot/language pervert as I have been developing an APL -> PHP interpreter in my spare time (obviously for fun not production). I got into J and Q to see what the different ASCII approaches were to moving beyond the APL special characters. Thus far I am pretty impressed after having worked my way through a good portion of "Q for Mortals".

My current "client base" is mainly interested in out-of-the-box lamp/ror/foss which has thus far held me back from introducing it into current projects. However I have a client who is currently trying to use php/mssql for really complex and massive historical data analysis and Q/KDB more accurately fit the job description so we'll see what happens.

Sorry if you were hoping for someone w/ more real world experience!

Just curious, how do you go about learning Q/KDB? I was under the impression it was proprietary and expensive - did you just purchase a copy?

There's a free evaluation version and a free online book or two - all linked from code.kx.com username anonymous/password anonymous.

I'd like to see its opposite: http://dysfunctionaljobs.com/

Registered! Anyone got an idea what to actually do with it?

Isn't it obvious? ;)

Now hiring a B2B developer which strives to deliver mission-critical ROI while growing proactive e-markets in a disintermediate synergistic architecture. Must be willing to generate value-added action-items and incentivize transparent web-readiness for the growing web3.0 social-media driven enterprise.

Access to cutting edge technologies (VB Script, MS Access 2002, you-provide-the-webserver) and FREE[1] snacks

[1] Not actually free

Aggregate all the posts for freelancers that say, "This should be an easy job for someone with the right skills. 10 hours tops."

Nice, I really like the layout for some reason, hope it succeeds!

lispjobs.wordpress.com lists (for free) Common Lisp, Scheme and Clojure jobs. Just FYI.

If you are interested in learning Haskell first hand from some real and friendly experts, come to the upcoming Learn Haskell Workshop at Hacker Dojo next month. Details here: http://wiki.hackerdojo.com/w/page/Haskell-Hackathon-2011

It's not far from YC.

What software are you using to power this job board? Custom built or pre-packaged app?

It's all custom. The thought has crossed my mind, that if the site doesn't work out I could try selling the job board software.

Well, it looks awesome. I just spent a few minutes checking out "job board software" and there seems to be a few competitors in this space (which is a good thing, imo).

Good luck on the venture -- there seems to be a positive response on HN. I've had an idea brewing in my head for a similar venture and certainly would be interested in licensing your app for the right price ;)

Thanks. I'll keep you in mind :)

CUFP also run a job board for functional programmers: http://cufp.org/jobs

is there a way to sign up for a mailing list of jobs? I see the rss feed. I love this site idea.

I'm working on email subscriptions now. Hopefully they will be ready before the official launch. Either way, soon.

BTW, would you prefer daily digest, weekly digest, or other?

FWIW - I would prefer a weekly digest of jobs. I'm not specifically interested in functional programming jobs (although my interest is piqued) but that would be my preference in general.

Can't wait to see the F# jobs.

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